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Conor McGregor: Sports Psychology Case Study | Self Efficacy.
A look into how Conor McGregor’s is one of the best example of Sport Psychology concept: Self Efficacy at work. Self Efficacy is the belief in ones ability to perform a task and Conor McGregor shows real life examples of Self Efficacy in Sporting Performance.
Sports Psychology Case Study – Superstitions And Rituals of Athletes.
Do you have to wear the same lucky jersey or shirt every game? Do you have to eat a certain meal before you perform? Many athletes have superstitions they must adhere to–as if their performance would crumble without them. Superstitions in sports are based only on past luck. If something worked in the past before competition, you think you will have good luck using it again and again–of course until it doesn’t work anymore. As irrational as some superstitions seem, they give athletes a sense of comfort or a feeling of luck, but do athletes use superstitions for any other valid reasons? For example, some athletes and coaches would say that superstitions give athletes and teams confidence and belief. Former baseball player Wade Boggs was called the “Chicken Man,” because he had to eat chicken before every game. Tennis star Rafael Nadal arranges his two water bottles the exact same way on the changeovers. Ted Williams spent many hours each year picking out the perfect piece of wood that he thought would make the best bat.
Joe Rogan | The Importance of Sports Psychology w/Rico Verhoeven.
Sport psychology - inside the mind of champion athletes: Martin Hagger at TEDxPerth.
Martin Hagger is Professor of Psychology at Curtin University. His areas of expertise are social, health, sport and exercise psychology. He is involved in numerous research projects nationally and internationally with a focus on motivation and behaviour change. He is currently leading projects in drugs in sport, promoting physical activity and healthy diet, understanding the mechanisms of willpower and self-control, and reducing binge drinking and the prevalence of smoking. At the highest level, athletes are well-matched in terms of their physical abilities, conditioning, and skill level. But often that is not enough to win and perform on the biggest of stages like the Olympic games. Developing strategies and techniques to get athletes minds in the best possible condition for optimal performance is increasingly important for sports teams and coaches. Martin will provide an overview of the kinds of techniques that elite athletes use to prepare psychologically for their sport, give details of the scientific research into these techniques and how they work, and how the techniques might be used by competitive athetes and coaches to maximise performance.